In a survival situation, foraging for edible plants will be key for a sustainable diet. But many of these wild edibles are also survival plants, with important properties as medicines, water indicators, and other qualities that can help in an emergency. Here we look at 34 common wild plants every prepper should know, and learn The post 34 Wild Plants Every Prepper Should Know appeared first on Ask a Prepper.

Why are ducks better than other types of yard fowl? The answer is simple. They will take up less time and resources while providing you with better nutrition and higher yields. The bottom line is that if two people start in a survival situation, and the one has 20 chickens and the other 20 ducks, The post How to Raise Ducks – The Perfect Survival Livestock appeared first on Ask a Prepper.

I have studied survival and prepping most of my life, and I have learned quite a bit. There have been all kinds of recent improvements in technology that give us tons of cutting-edge toys to make life easy. However, I have found that the key to prepping and homesteading is looking back… not looking forward. The post 7 Prepping Items To Look For At The Amish Store appeared first on Ask a Prepper.

We don’t necessarily see it on a day-to-day basis, but the value of the dollar is a variable thing. Once upon a time, that value was based on gold, then when there wasn’t enough gold to back our money, silver became the standard. But in 1933, FDR took the dollar off the gold standard, where The post Why Is The Dollar Losing Its Power? And Should We Be Concerned? appeared first on Ask a Prepper.

So many plants we are taught to think of as weeds are actually super helpful. One way we can prepare for when the SHTF is to learn as much about those beneficial weeds as we can. A great example of this is mullein. Considered a weed by most people, mullein has many medicinal and survival The post Whatever You Do, Don’t Step On This Plant appeared first on Ask a Prepper.